Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Agatha Christie

Length: 1 hr and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Back in print in an all-new edition is the engaging and illuminating chronicle of the life of the "Queen of Mystery". Fans of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and readers of John Curran’s fascinating biographies Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making will be spellbound by the compelling, authoritative account of one of the world’s most influential and fascinating novelists, told in her own words and inimitable style - and here in her own voice. These audio excerpts were dictated by Agatha Christie herself.

The New York Times Book Review called Christie’s autobiography a "joyful adventure," saying, "she brings the sense of wonder... to her extraordinary career."

Please note: This is a historical recording, and the audio quality is reflective of the time in which it was recorded.

©1977 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2010 Agatha Christie Archive Trust

As Told By Agatha Christie

As I listened to this Audible, it felt like I traveled back in time and received a recording of Mrs Christie's voice. She talked about her works: her books, how she wrote them, her stint at writing plays. It felt as though she was sharing a very personal part of herself to the listener, her musings, thoughts on how her works were adapted, accepted and treated. I gave 4 stars to the performance instead of 5 because I could not hear some of her words due to the quality of the recording (like listening to an old phonograph). Good thing I could rewind and listen to the garbled parts again. Overall I enjoyed it while accomplishing my tasks.

So neat

I really love listening to Christie voice. I also never knew that And Then There Were None was originally written with a different title!

The Autobiography was passable

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Well you have to consider the subject material and realize it is not a story

If you’ve listened to books by Agatha Christie before, how does this one compare?

Close to the bottom. Sorry Agatha

What three words best describe Agatha Christie’s voice?

Hard to understand because of the age of the recording

Could you see Agatha Christie: An Autobiography being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

It is rather bland, so Agatha would be the only star

Any additional comments?

Interesting but not inspiring

Same Agatha in her own voice

A fascinating historical document, and a wonderful insight into the mind of one of the truly great authors of the 20th Century.

Awful audio

She’s hard to understand, mostly because of the scratchy and popping noise. I managed to get through it. But it’s not one I’ll revisit.

Fascinating - in spite of poor audio quality

This is Agatha Christie herself talking a bit about her life and books. I don't know when this recording was made, but it must be quite old, as the sound quality is quite bad. Nevertheless, it gives a fascinating and witty insight into her thoughts about life and writing. Even though the sound quality is poor, I will be listening to this again and again.

Not really about her life

This is a synopsis of the summaries of her books and where hey ideas came from. She never discusses her life itself.

What a marvelous lady

Despite the distracting noise in the background, this was highly entertaining. Agatha has a delightful personality and her stories were very engaging.

Still Fascinating

Less an autobiography, than an old recording of the author reminiscing. Still fascinating, but the antique sound quality is difficult to listen to.

Who? Agatha? What I know is...

she is absolutely one of my favorite persons in the world and my life!! reading could have saved my life, and I thank you Agatha, for helping me to get through tough or boring times!!! and thanks to audible as well!